Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-37 – Fedora Community Blog
Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)!
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Announcements
- Project suggestions for the next Outreachy round are due 20 Sept.
- F35 Beta freeze is underway. See the full schedule for more milestones.
- Changes in Bugzilla query limits
- Cool happenings in Fedora Workstation
- Anaconda accessbility improvements
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Linux Fest | Columbus, OH, US | early Dec | closes 1 Oct |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, CZ & virtual | 28–29 Jan | closes 24 Oct |
| SCaLE | Pasadena, CA, US | 5–8 Mar | closes 30 Nov |
Help wanted
- 194 package review requests are awaiting a reviewer
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- Let mattdm know your stories from Fedora history
Upcoming test days
- 12–20 Sept — Kernel 5.14 test week
Prioritized Bugs
- See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Upcoming meetings
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- FPgM Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Prioritized bugs meeting — 1500 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
- Fedora Linux 35 Beta Go/No-Go meeting —1700 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F33 | 5195 |
| F34 | 4908 |
| F35 (pre-release) | 1088 |
| F36 (rawhide) | 6103 |
Fedora Linux 35
- 279 packages fail to build from source
- 81 packages fail to install
Schedule
- 2021-09-28 — Beta release target #2
- 2021-10-05 — Final freeze begins
- 2021-10-19 — Early Final target date
- 2021-10-22 — Final target date #1
For the full schedule, see the schedule website.
Changes
See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| BZ Status | Count |
|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | 1 |
| MODIFIED | 2 |
| ON_QA | 41 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989726 | mesa | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1999321 | freeipa | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1997310 | selinux-policy | VERIFIED | Accepted (Beta) |
| 2004604 | gnome-software | NEW | Proposed (Beta) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 339 packages fail to build from source
- 72 packages fail to install
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Enable exclude_from_weak_autodetect by default in LIBDNF | System-Wide | announced |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.